1 Corinthians: God Being “All In All” and the Subjection of the Son

The ideal of which Paul spoke to Ephesus which also touches on God’s sovereignty (Ps. 115:3; 135:6; Is. 46:9-10; Job 42:2) and omnipresence (Ps. 139:1ff; Heb. 4:13) will be fully realized and seen by all of his creation once the sin of which God have no part (Is. 59:2) is completely destroyed (15:25-26).… Read More 1 Corinthians: God Being “All In All” and the Subjection of the Son

1 Corinthians: “The Women Should Keep Silent In The Churches”

It seems that the wives of the prophets were adding to the disorderliness within the worship assemblies at Corinth by speaking out in the assemblies while their husbands were prophesying, interrupting them (even while they were interrupting each other – 14:29-31) to ask them questions and perhaps to address the assembly themselves.… Read More 1 Corinthians: “The Women Should Keep Silent In The Churches”

1 Corinthians: The Different Kinds of Spiritual Gifts

The apostle now begins to list the different types of miraculous gifts, repeatedly reminding the Corinthians that whichever power each of them “individually” had was “given” to them “through,” “according to,” and “by” no one except “the Spirit,” and according to his own will rather than their own desires (12:8-11).… Read More 1 Corinthians: The Different Kinds of Spiritual Gifts